Gemma 2 9B Instruct on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB runs Gemma 2 9B Instruct excellently at 45 tok/s at Q4_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
9.24B
Device VRAM
10 GB
Bandwidth
760 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Gemma 2 9B Instruct performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 45 tok/s | 135ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q4_K_M
Q4_K_M fits in 10GB. 760 GB/s makes 9B feel snappy.
About Gemma 2 9B Instruct
Gemma 2 9B Instruct (9.24B) is a chat, coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Google's 9B model with strong knowledge distillation. Competitive with Llama 3.1 8B on most benchmarks. Shorter max context (8K) is the main limitation vs Llama.
View all Gemma 2 9B Instruct hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB at 760 GB/s. Street price: $399.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-01